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Dmitry Grozoubinski
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The EU Commission has released the Negotiating Mandate it wants from EUCO for talks with the United Kingdom.

I am going to live-tweet things as they jump out at me.

First time live tweeting, so let me know if this is an infuriating way to communicate.

ec.europa.eu/info/sites/inf…
No surprise, protecting the Single Market is paramount.

Also an immediate shot across the UK's bow.

"It should [] reflect the United Kingdom’s status as a non-Schengen third country that cannot have the same rights and enjoy the same benefits as a member."

NO CAKE.
Commission confirms their preference is @MichelBarnier's "House" Model.

A big umbrella agreement covering how the EU and UK will co-exist in the future, with specific agreements under it covering things like tariffs.

UK would probably prefer individual standalone deals.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski
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"Unrealistic not to blame the result on Brexit."

Jesus.

Brexit wasn't an act of god or a natural disaster. It was a policy debate. A critical one.

One on which the Labour Party under Corbyn was an unelectable combination of disinterested, confused, and missing in action.
"But our core voters were split on it."

Oh, you poor dears.

You think the Tory Party's vote share consisted 100% of people who were born loathing the EU and wanting to leave it?

They're the pro-business party for heaven's sake, and they still kept their base and stole yours.
"They lied to the public!"

Is this your first day in politics, buddy?

Also, in my field (trade) alone Jeremy Corbyn spent a a great deal of time talking out of his allotment.

Thanks by the way on setting the bar a US FTA needs to clear at, "does it literally sell the NHS?"
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Dmitry Grozoubinski
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1/ This article describes absolutely industry-standard negotiation tactics with the existential horror of an inner city hipster, who thought beef comes from cows who pass peacefully in their sleep, visiting a slaughterhouse for the first time.

bloomberg.com/amp/news/artic…
2/ "They copy paste their last FTA"

Yes.

All negotiators try to.

It's much easier for everyone in your country if you don't sign it up to 19 different binding treaties on the same thing (say, animal health regulation) that look radically different.
3/ "They open by asking for full market access but reserve some of their own sensitivities."

Starting a negotiation by asking for more than you're willing to accept and offering less than you're willing to give?

Oh my stars! I'm swooning, ya'll. Bring the smelling salts!
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